Mine detail: Wonder Metal Mine

Previously called 'Eagle Claim'

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Location: Pershing County, Nevada, United States, North America
Lat / long: 40.1499, -118.16764
dep_id: 10042460
mrds_id: M060261
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Antimony
Minor mineral: Silver
Trace mineral: Iron, Titanium, Metal
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Placer
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Cervantite, Stibnite
gangue: Quartz
orebody_fm: BLANKET, CHANNELS
work_type: Underground
model: 104: Hot-spring Au-Ag
alteration: Sandstone Argillized Several Feet From Vein
conc_proc: Hard Quartzite Kept Minerals From Moving Upward
ore_ctrl: Fracture Filling Insandstone
Reporter: Donahoe, James L. (Johnson, M.G.), La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.), Royse, Sue E., Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.)
hrock_type: Alluvium
Structure: Nw-Se Faults, Nw Trending Mineralized Contact, With Intense Fracturing In Sandstone, With Quartzite.
References:
  • Deposit:: BEAL, 1963, INVESTIGATION OF TITANIUM OCCURRENCES IN NEVADA; NBMG REPORT 3
  • Deposit:: JOHNSON, 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 89
  • Deposit:: QUADE, JACK, 1984, FIELD EXAMINATION
  • Deposit:: NBMG MINING DISTRICT FILE 297, ITEM 1, 1964.
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